G/TBT/N/UGA/1353  
14 June 2021  
(21-4851) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329 Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2 Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug   
Websit e: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indi cated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
(HS: 6104); (ICS: 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1970 -
4:2021, Textiles — Garments — Part 4: Skirts and dresses (First edition) (12 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Ug anda Standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for skirts and dresses.    
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protectio n; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
2. US ISO 3801, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit 
length and mass per unit area  
3. US ISO 9073 -1, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 1: 
Determination of mass per unit area  
4. US ISO 12945 -1, Textiles — Determination of fabric pro pensity to surface 
fuzzing and to pilling — Part 1: Pilling box method  
5. US ISO 12947 -1, Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics 
by the Martindale method — Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus  G/TBT/N/UGA/1353  
 
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  6. US ISO 13934 -1, Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 1: 
Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the 
strip method  
7. US ISO 13938 -2, Textiles — Bursting properties of fabrics — Part 2: Pneumatic 
method for determination of bursting strength and burst ing distension  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory standard by the 
Minister of Trade, Industry & Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329 Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2 Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug   
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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